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What is dislocate?

dislocate is a print and online literary journal dedicated to publishing the literature that pushes the traditional boundaries of form and genre. We like work that operates in the gray areas, that resists categorization, that ignores the limits; we like work that plays with the relationship between form and content. We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, but we don't mind if we can't tell which one we're dealing with.

In addition to our more "literary" content, dislocate also publishes articles and columns of interest to readers, writers, and other aesthetically curious individuals.

History

dislocate pinpoints its origin sometime late in 2001, when a group of University of Minnesota MFA candidates sat down and decided to join forces in a collective artistic endeavor. Such endeavors usually result in the creation of one of two artistic formations: a rock band, or a literary journal. They chose create a literary journal.

dislocate published two web issues in 2004, and in 2005 the first print issue appeared. Between 2005 and 2009 dislocate published one print issue every spring. As of 2010, we're still publishing our annual print journal, but we're also back on the web with a vengeance.

We're still a student run-organization—all dislocate content, both web and print, is selected and edited entirely by a capable staff of graduate students in the University of Minnesota MFA Program in Creative Writing—but we're able to do what we do only because of the support of the University of Minnesota English Department, the Edelstein-Keller Endowment, and Adam Lerner of the Lerner Publishing Group. And you, of course—it's all for you.

Support dislocate

You can make a donation to Dislocate via the University of Minnesota's foundation giving page.

Contact Us

The print journal editors can be reached at dislocate.magazine@gmail.com.

The web editors can be contacted at dislocate.online@gmail.com.

We can be reached via post at:

dislocate
University of Minnesota
1 Lind Hall
207 Church St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Recent Articles

  • Justin Cronin's The Passage: A Review, of Sorts
    Editor

    passage1.jpg784 pp., Ballatine, $27

    Reviewed by Sara Joy Culver

    1.
    The important thing to understand before you read this review is that I am not a snob.

    [read]8.24.10

  • Literary Lessons from Across the Pond
    Editor

    This excerpt from the diary of Eric Murphy, dated 24 June 2010, is currently on loan to dislocate.org from the British National Museum for Literature.

    24 June 2010
    As I find myself in the middle of an extended stay on a peculiar, far-flung Island which has no access to Taco Bell and whose barbaric entertainment systems are incompatible with my 30 Rock digital versatile discks, I need something to occupy me throughout the evening and night.

    [read]8.01.10

Recent Columns

  • Air Conditioning, dislocated // David LeGault
    Editor

    I write this while sitting underneath a small, window air conditioner, one that barely cools the space around me, not to mention the entire room. Outside, the temperature clocks in at 91 degrees with humidity somewhere between 70 and 80 percent, the heat index somewhere in the triple digits, completely obscene.

     [read]9.01.10

  • Macondos // J. Lee Morsell
    Editor

    I'm visiting my hometown in rural northern California, and as I write this I'm sitting on an ocean bluff in fog so thick I can't see the water. I am told that this particular bluff is home to the southernmost individual Sitka spruce on the west coast, but the tree is allegedly nestled in a hidden rocky crevice and I haven't located it yet. The fog doesn't help, of course.

     [read]8.24.10

What's Going On

  • Issue 7 Reading Period Open
    Editor

    Attention writers and readers: We are now accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions for our Issue 7 reading period, July 15 to November 15, 2010. This year we have transitioned to an online-only submission policy: submit your work via Submishmash. This will streamline our reading process and expedite responses to our prospective contributors.

    [read]7.14.10

  • dislocate Launch Party: What You Missed
    Editor

    Didn't get a chance to attend dislocate's annual shindig, celebrating the new issue release and the launch of the website whose site tracker statistics you are at this very moment improving? We made a slideshow for you so that you would make sure to clear your calendar and book plane tickets to Minneapolis for next year.

    [read]5.16.10

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